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Fellows News

June 2014

 
In This Issue
Your 2014 Contribution
Fellows Spotlight
Recent and Upcoming Events
Fellows Events at the 2014 ABA Annual Meeting in Boston
Last Plane Out of Saigon
Voting Announcement
2015 Fellows Awards Nominations
New Fellows Emblem
Make Your 2014 Contribution Online  

  

 
Fellows in the News Spotlight  
Congratulations to the following Fellows for their outstanding achievements!

 
Lynn Hecht Schafran,
New York Life Fellow, received the Visionary Award from Ending Violence Against Women International (EVAWI) for her "leadership in seeking to end gender discrimination in all of its forms, including violence against women." 
Click here to read more.

Jonathan O. Steen,
Tennessee Fellow, was recently elected to become the Tennessee Bar Association's 135th president.  
Read more here

Mary-Christine Sungaila, California Fellow, was recently named to the Daily Journal's 2014 list of Top Women Lawyers.  


Would you like to be featured in the next Fellows in the News Spotlight?  Please send your submissions to fellows@abfn.org.  We also post submissions to our "Fellows in the News" web page. 
Recent and Upcoming Events
 
May 14, 2014
Featuring the 
Hon. Robert A. Katzmann
Hosted by ABA President James R. Silkenat and the NY Co-Chairs Michael H. Byowitz and 
Sharon Stern Gerstman

 
Sixth Annual MD Fellows Reception
May 20, 2014
Featuring Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals 
Mary Ellen Barbera  
Hosted by MD State Co-Chairs Kevin L. Shepherd and Ava E. Lias-Booker
 
June 4, 2014 
Featuring Professor Emeritus Marc Galanter of the University of Wisconsin Law School.
Hosted WI State Co-Chairs Patricia Struck and Robyn Shapiro
 
June 5, 2014
Hosted by CO State Chair Beverly Quail
 
Oklahoma Fellows 
Spring Meting
June 7, 2014
Hosted by OK State Co-Chairs M. Joe Crosthwait, Jr., and Kevin M. Donelson
 
June 9, 2014
Featuring ABF Research Professor Shari Diamond
Hosted by NY State Co-Chairs Michael H. Byowitz and Sharon Stern Gerstman
 
June 18, 2014
Featuring Justice Michelle Keller of the Kentucky Supreme Court.
Hosted by KY State Co-Chairs Norman Harned and 
Gerald Toner
 
July 18, 2014
Hosted by New Mexico Chair Professor Peter A. Winograd
 
 
August 7-10, 2014
Boston, MA
 

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Fellows Events at the 2014 Annual Meeting 
 

 

 

We're looking forward to seeing you all at The Fellows Events during the 2014 ABA Annual Meeting in Boston, MA!

 

You should be receiving your mailed brochure registration forms shortly.  Online registration is open. 

Having the Last Word

 

For three years, day after day, ABF Research Professor, Susan P. Shapiro, and a medical social worker observed life-and-death decision making in two intensive care units on behalf of patients without decision making capacity.  A little more than a third of these patients had reportedly completed an advance directive-either a durable power of attorney for health care and/or a living will - however, few of these directives ever appeared in the patient's hospital chart.  A new smartphone app helps to solve this problem.  Read about the  My Health Care Wishes app developed by the American Bar Association's Commission on Law and Aging and learn more about Shapiro's findings.

 

The referenced article received the 2013 John J. Reagan Writing Award of the National Association of Elder Law Attorneys for the best original article published in

NAELA Journal during the previous year.
New Book Collaboration by ABF Leader and Faculty: Last Plane Out of Saigon

Richard Pena, Past ABF President and Past Chair of The Fellows, and ABF Research Professor John Hagan have collaborated on an important new book, part personal account, part social history on the final, harrowing days of the Vietnam War.  Read the press release here. 

 

 
Voting Announcement: Fellows Bylaw Changes

Changes to The Fellows Bylaws will be put to vote during the upcoming Fellows Annual Business Breakfast meeting.  Please click here to read the proposed changes.

All Fellows are encouraged to attend the Business Breakfast, which will be held during the ABA Annual Meeting in Boston, Massachusetts.  The Breakfast will take place on Saturday, August 9, from 7:30 am - 9:30 am at the Sheraton Boston, 39 Dalton Street.    
Call for Nominations  
2015 Fellows Awards

For 58 years The Fellows have gathered to recognize and honor the most distinguished members of the profession. If you attended last year's Fellows Awards Reception and Banquet in Chicago you saw firsthand the caliber of the award recipients.  There we gathered to honor the Honorable Patricia M. Wald and Professor Deborah L. Rhode with the 2014 Fellows Outstanding Service and Scholar Awards respectively. 

Please assist us in continuing this tradition by nominating a deserving candidate for a 2015 Fellows Award. Click here for more information.  Nominations must be received by September 12, 2014.

 

 

Introducing the new Fellows Emblem


We are delighted to share with you our new Fellows emblem, ready to display on your firm or personal website!

Please email the Fellows Staff with the subject line "ABF Emblem" to receive a copy of the image and display instructions.

The ABF's primary funding is provided by the

American Bar Endowment (ABE), an organization established by the American Bar Association to advance research and education on the administration of justice. The ABE is a charitable organization that provides opportunities for all ABA Members to get quality, affordable insurance for attorneys, through trusted insurers, while giving back to the good works of the legal profession.